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Sorry, Tom. I read your message wrong. Jeff. I'm now here @ organissimo as chuberry1.

Tom-how much do you want for the Earl Hines? Jeff Tedford.

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins. Very good condition. Chet Baker: Career 1952-1988

Recital At Maybeck ( a bravado display of interpretive range); People Time; Green Chimneys; Bop Lives (w/Greg Abate Quintet, feat. Claudio Roditti-a delight from the first note); Night and The City (duo with Charlie Haden). Barron is one of my favorite pianists.

Beethoven-The Piano Sonatas (Wilhelm Kempff) Chopin-Nocturne #13; Piano Sonata #2 (Argerich) Schumann-Fantasiestucke (Argerich) Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (Argerich) Chopin: 24 Preludes (Pires) Brahms Piano Sonatas

As a child I became hooked on Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky "Le Sacre du Printemps", once listed by the august musical authority Parade Magazine as the most "disturbing" piece of music ever written. A precocious child of 10 or 11, I grabbed on to it and clung for dear life. "Le Sacre" still strikes me as Stravinsky's most inspired work more than 45 years later. His other great ballets, The Firebird and Petrushka, are a distant second and third, albeit great works in their own right. I've never heard a Stravinsky work that didn't merit relistening. Besides Stravinsky conducting Le Sacre, I most enjoy Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas.

My nominee for album of the week is Herb Ellis: Nothing But The Blues. This 1957 release is a straightahead, blues-oriented date featuring Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz (surprisingly at home, IMO)of a sort no longer available. Ellis was from southwestern Texas hill country and the "hillbilly", "country blues" show up throughout. Albums like this don't get made often-unpretentious, yet unpredictable, unhampered by egotistical flights of fancy. The date kicks off with Pap's Blues featuring Roy (reflecting Louis' influence on him), a smokey Getz chorus and the thematic statement by the leader.Roy comes roaring to life in Big Red's Boogie-Woogie, some hard-driving rhythm ' n blues from Ellis, superior work all around. Tin Roof Blues gets a graceful treatment from Ellis, Eldridge, Getz and rock solid support from Ray Brown and Stan Levey. You can almost hear the river sailing by in the night. Royal Garden Blues is a favorite of long standing, enlivened by the leader, a call and response between Herb & Roy, more assured solo work from Stan, a fiery solo from Roy. This album is more carefully crafted than a casual jam session and repays careful relistening. Much of Ellis' work falls into this category-Nothing But The Blues is my favorite from this neglected artisi's repertoire.

Texas Tenors like Booker Ervin and dates like Wide Open Spaces. I've also begun re-exploring my cache of West Coast Jazz such as Shorty Rogers, Gerry Mulligan et.al.

Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions-Discs 1 & 2. What a team Berry and Eldridge made! This set makes you realize the true mening of the phrase "unsung hero". Chu Berry sparked enogh sessions to last this listener for a lifetime of enjoyment. As always the Mosaic audio quality is a significant improvement over what I've heard previously and the liner notes are masterfully packed with information.